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    Looking for a good book - read additional details (they're not long)?

    A good fantasy book I've read this year was The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch. Great world-building and an exciting story once you got into it. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis is also great. It's a time-travel story that takes place partly in future Oxford where a mysterious virus has...
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    Poll: Top 5 favourite books?

    In no particular order: Doomsday Book - Connie Willis The Crimson Petal and the White - Michel Faber The Lies of Locke Lamora - Scott Lynch Night Watch - Terry Pratchett As Meat Loves Salt - Maria McCann Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
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    Do you judge others?..?

    Sometimes it's right to judge others - if they behave or talk in ways that hurt other people they should be judged.
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    How many of you have seen the images of Bush and of Pat Buchanan portrayed as Hitler?

    You do realise that liberals aren't actually a hive mind?
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    Do you think the book is almost always better than the film?

    Most of the time the books are better. Perhaps because a writer can put as much details and side plots in it as they want whereas a film has to follow certain outlines - you can't have a six hour long movie for example. But occasionally a film or tv-show can be better than the original books...
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    what are some good fantasy books/authors?

    Katherine Kerr's Deverry books are very good, especially the first ones in the series. I loved The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch (the first chapters are a little slow as he's doing a lot of world building in them but after that the book is fantastic!) It's got a sequel too - Red Seas...
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